Pusher (boat)

Larger boats can run this segment of the river with the maximum tow size of 42 barges southbound and 40+ northbound.

Towboats in line-haul service operate 24/7 and have the latest in navigational equipment, such as color radar, GPS systems, electronic river charts, and specialized radio communications.

During the 19th century, towboats were used to push showboats, which lacked steam engines to free up space for a theater.

The Binnenvaartmuseum ('Inland Shipping Museum') in Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands is centered around René Siegfried, a River Rhine pusher boat which was built in 1963 and decommissioned in 1989.

A National Historic Landmark, she is the only intact steam-driven sternwheel towboat still on the United States river system.

3x3 nine unit barge going through La Crosse, Wisconsin
The towboat Angelina pushes two loaded barges in New Orleans .
The towboat Peter Fanchi southbound on the Ohio river at Louisville, Kentucky
The Donna York pushing barges of coal up the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky
The showboat Majestic being pushed by its towboat Attaboy